Can he make the girl too?
That General Lee has no roll bar
@madmike1157 everything I do is your fault, good or bad.
I was able to get the gear off today, no thanks to any gear puller tool. I beat the shaft while the distrubtor hung by the gear upside down. After all the beating with a 2.5 lb hammer, all I managed to break was the cap base when I dropped it on the garage floor, lol.
It now has a new Motorcraft ignition pickup, fresh paint on the outside, new cap base, new Motorcraft cap and rotor, and the new Motorcraft TFI should be here Thursday. Im $110 into it, but I like to think it will be more reliable than aftermarket distributors.
The thing about you guys suggesting coil on plug, EDIS, yada yada, is that you mistake me for a guy with money. I have blown my 5 year budget in about a year and two months. I have to make do with less for a while.
And finally, the only question now is will it start when Im finished? Stayed tuned for the answer on Thursday night!
I agree with this. I know a guy in the 8s on a stock distributor and coil.EDIS is cool but sometimes I live by the KISS therory . 740 to the tire on a stock dist . Ran it with no msd at 17.5 psi . No spark blow out
Been working on my son's pinewood derby car, since he is all of 7 years old. He originally said he wanted a new Mustang GT in orange. I found this to go off of.
I got the official pinewood derby wheels done up.
Then started body work on the car. To keep with the rules, the shape is just a hair off due to length, but close enough. After starting with a plain block of wood, a mitre saw, and orbital sander, lets just say Im happy with it.
Ive been working on paint. I primered it with some primer I had laying around, that went fine. When I tried spraying the cheap assed thin as water orange paint, it bubbled instantly.
Come to find out that was a good thing, because my son decided he now wants the General Lee. Whew, hadnt started drawing headlights, tails, grille, etc yet. Im getting new paint tomorrow, some fine tip paint markers as well, and going at it. But tonight, I had to remove the white paint off the tire lettering.
I considered filling the wheels to be smooth, painting them all black, and drawing the correct General Lee style wheel with silver marker, but I dont think you can modify the "official pinewood derby" wheels. Plus that would add rotational mass, and we want it to stand a chance anyway.
*The goal of the pinewood derby:
The idea behind the pinewood derby is for the parent, usually the father, but sometimes the mother or grandparent, to spend time helping the child design, carve, paint, add weights, and tune the final car. However, it is often the case that the parent takes over the construction of the car, an aspect of the event that was lampooned in the 2005 film Down and Derby, and also in a 2009 episode of South Park. The quest for a fast car supports a cottage industry that supplies modified wheels, axles, and blocks as well as videos and instruction books. While a pinewood derby car kit costs around US$4, a set of modified wheels and axles can sell for more than ten times that amount. Each pack sets its own rules under the guidelines set forth by the BSA[10] and their particular local district. The aftermarket items are legal under some Pack rules since the parts originally came from an official Boy Scouts of America (BSA) kit. Complete cars can be purchased on eBay and elsewhere for around $100 to $200, and PineCar, a subsidiary of Woodland Scenics, sells pre-cut or pre-made cars, as well as official kits.[11] Although these cars violate the spirit of the event, if not the rules, enforcement can be difficult.
I've been through this...I think we all have. If not as a parent building one of these cars, ( that the actual scout has little if any involvement in) then the actual scout himself.
I've been both.
You can tell just which cars were built by the kid, and which cars were built by the dad.
The hard choice is to let the child do the work. It's supposed to be a learned skill that is rewarded by the merit badge that is tied to it.
The cars that were mostly built by the scout, look it to be sure, but with the right guidance from the parent, pride of ownership comes with that accomplishment...knowing that he didn't have to have daddy do it for him will be a standard for future projects to come.
I'm gonna say NOT done by a 12 year old boy.....
It's how my dad did it for me....my car looked like ass, and didn't win nothing. Not one heat.
But it taught me how to use a power tool...and that car was mine.
Who knows what you're capable of after that?
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/142667036594
Was it a drivers side you needed?
You should go back to "Modding how they look?"Once I get this car running, who wants to buy it? It deserves a better owner, lol. I should go back to newer cars where I only mod how the look, and leave the power train stock.
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